पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 2, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: गीता जयन्ती — Gītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
Day Bhagavad Gītā was delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1).
Historical anchor: Bhagavad Gītā delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra349.77°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha221.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.73°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra234.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani213.24°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:14 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:04
Yamaganda09:15 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 12:44
Varjyam07:19 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:55 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:05 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:15 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:44 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha13:54 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:04 – 16:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:14 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:04 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga19:54 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:44 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:15 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:05 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868528.27
Julian Day2456993.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0614°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)124.41°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0614°), declination -21.91°, EoT 9.75 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)